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title: "Individual Funding Requests & Prior Approval"
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# Individual Funding Requests & Prior Approval

Buyer: NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-06fc62de-7bb8-4754-bad6-86e807bff1b6

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## Summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board procured BlueTeq’s software service for Individual Funding Requests and Prior Approval across the South East region’s integrated care boards: Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex, Kent and Medway, and Hampshire and Isle of Wight. The platform supports non-routine commissioning decisions through consistent end-to-end processes aligned with NHS England guidance and local commissioning policies. It covers clinically exceptional cases requiring Individual Funding Requests and interventions requiring Prior Approval, with access for GPs, secondary care clinicians and specialist prescribers, pharmacists and medicines optimisation teams, and IFR teams and commissioners. The recorded delivery location is Eastleigh, Hampshire.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Blueteq on 10 September 2026. The contract value is £203,400, with a contract period from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029. The buyer used a selective procedure through a call-off from a framework agreement. The original tender deadline was 1 August 2026. The procurement was classified as a services requirement and was marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. No evaluation criteria or separate lot awards are recorded in the published process details.

This award demonstrates demand from Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB for specialist software that manages individual funding requests and prior approval across multiple regional ICBs. A credible competitor would need a platform that handles clinically exceptional funding cases and prior approval decisions in a consistent end-to-end workflow, while supporting alignment with NHS England guidance and local commissioning policies. The system must serve distinct user groups and access routes, including primary care, secondary care clinicians and specialist prescribers, pharmacy and medicines optimisation teams, and commissioning and IFR staff. Experience delivering commissioning workflow software across multiple organisations and clinical user groups would be relevant. The buyer used a framework call-off route, so suppliers seeking comparable work should be positioned to compete through an appropriate framework.

## Notice

HIOW ICB have procured the BlueTeq Individual Funding Requests and Prior Approval Software for the SE Region ICBs: Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex, Kent and Medway and Hampshire and Isle of Wight. The system will support Individual Funding Request and Prior Approval providing a single, consistent platform for managing non-routine commissioning decisions across the SE Region ICBs. The system supports: Individual Funding Requests (IFR) - for clinically exceptional cases and Prior Approval (PA) - for interventions providing a consistent, end-to-end process across these areas whilst aligning with NHSE guidance and local commissioning policies, supporting multiple user groups and access routes, including: Primary care (GPs), Secondary care clinicians and specialist prescribers, Pharmacists and medicines optimisation teams and IFR teams and commissioners.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0453eeb9-e8fd-45c9-9cea-63dce6afddd7 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £203,400 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £203,400 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | EASTLEIGH |
| Postcode area | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO50 5PB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ35 South Hampshire |
| Local authority | Eastleigh |
| Electoral ward | Eastleigh Central |
| Westminster constituency | Eastleigh |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Blueteq Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 23 Sep 2026 at 09:49 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0453eeb9-e8fd-45c9-9cea-63dce6afddd7

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0453eeb9-e8fd-45c9-9cea-63dce6afddd7
  23rd September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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